Shreyas Pande
The Hindu
Awarapan 2
2026 · The Hindu
The sequel overlooks what made Shivam compelling in the first place. Even if the action sequences have improved multifold and the camera offers visuals to marvel over, the film struggles to hold itself together as it imagines the world of Awarapan purely as a generic genre piece, when its soul lies elsewhere.
Raja Shivaji
2026 · The Hindu
Deshmukh remains largely content with glorifying the king rather than inquiring into the nature of his glory. The efforts of making a conventional biopic convert the historical icon into a one-dimensional hero, fighting a generic good vs evil battle as the aesthetics genuflect in his honour.
Toaster
2026 · The Hindu
It is a classic setup for a comedy of chaos and the film delivers on the laughs while making some fairly straightforward choices in the screenplay. Through all the laughs and chaos however, there is little to stay invested in Ramakant. The films seems to have no say under its layer of humour; there is nothing to hold onto when the laughs die down.
Baby Do Die Do
2026 · The Hindu
The film however, doesn't always treat the violence with gravity. Its tone is not always sharp and cynical even as it aims to critique the cornerstones of wealth and power on occasions by establishing the link between the builder lobby and mafia. Director Nachiket Samant largely uses the noir as part of the design element, lending a pulpy, comic-bookish layer to the narrative while the thematic undercurrents don't really get time to marinate.
One Night Only
2026 · The Hindu · Aug 2026
One Night Only merely wants to reignite the memory of those light-hearted dramas, where the stakes don't guide the fate of a relationship. But the film needs more charm than it ultimately receives from Gluck's tried-and-tested approach, which seems to compensate for the excessive dose of biology with an absence of chemistry between the leads.